If it’s Good for the Island ‘. t beginning 3 The Guardian is For it nortentat ands 20 gusts to 35 dimin’ ishing by evening. Low-high 2 and 23. f » [oe CS ra ie bas WN, CANADA, "THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1962. nor MORE SEVEN CENTS 16 PAGES PRIZES ARE PRESENTED TO SIX TRAINEES Six trainees in the Special Militia Traiming Program were presented with prizes last night following a dinner at the Clover Club, which marked the completion of the gecond training course. The six men were chosen as the most proficient trainees in will be trained in the Sum- merside Armoury and 120 will receive their training in Charlottetown. Here Col. K. their platoon. The third course starts Feb. 26 and as in the second course, 30 men will be trained in Montague and 150 at the Charlottetown Ar- mouries. Recruiting is already | underway for the fourth course, which starts on April 16. During this course, 60 men of 2 Militia Group, presents the awards to three of the ' six” trainees. They are, left Terror Bombing In Algeria Leaves Heavy Death Toll ORAN, Algeria (Reuters)—At least 33 persons were killed and 86 injured in Algeria Wednes- > Parliament At A Glance WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 1962 Revenue Minister. Nowlan flatly rejected a suggestion from Edwin W. Brunsden (PC—Médicine Hat) for re- moving Quest from CBC-TV. day as the blood-soacked terri-. Firemen reported some Mos- tory suffered through one of the lems were trapped under rubble most violent days of the year. in the bombed buildings, The death toll was the high- The blasts were attributed to jest in Algeria since Jan. 3, when the European Secret Army Or- 38 were killed. ganization which bitterly op- Communal violence raged through the streets of Oran and Poses plans for an independent Algiers, Algeria's two chief cit- Algeria. They were believed to ies, with the Moslem and Euro- be a warning to Moslems not pean communities locked in ® to stage demonstrations planned bloody vendetta. Forty-four ‘plastic bomb “ex: * 40" tadaz~-«».. plosions rocked the Moslem quarter of Oran and sparked a chain of terror that claimed .at | least 23 lives. M. Johnston, ED, commander | | to right, Privates R. E. Jones, F. V. DeCoste and E. F: Perry, all of Charlottetown) Also receiving the awards were Privates S. W. Baker, Bristol R. D. White, Mon- tague and B. A. MacDougall, Clyde River. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fils. (AP)—The United States js--go- ing to try again today te—tocket John Glenn Jr., arqund the ‘earth. . | That was the official word Wednesday night from space agency officials who wrestled all day with weather forecasts and finally decided to try to [Rail-Union |Talks Open MONTREAL (CP) — Explor- atory talks aimed at trying to reach a new contract covering 110,000 non - operating railway employees opened in earnest Wednesday for the first time in more than a decade. Railway and union negotia- DAY WAS RIGHT BUT CARD LATE ST.. JOHN'S, Nfld. (CP)— For E. W. Noseworthy of St. John’s it was the right day, but the wrong card. Mr. Noseworthy received a card in the mail Wednes- day, Valentine's Day. But it turned out to be a Christ- mas Card. Only the weather—snow- flurries—was right for the card, mailed Dec. 16 by Mr. Noseworthy’s brothet who is on the other sifle of the) city. : | tors met all day in a room. in a@ downtown hotel. to start dis- cussions on a series of railway offers presented late last week. No. statement was issued on details of the talks, but a CNR) official said the parties seem to be entering into lengthy discus- | | sions of a “pretty general na- 3 Persons } Police Pushing Probe Herve Chagnon began braking his .trailer-truck as it rolled heavily towards the last curve Glenn's Orbital Flight Continues Uncertain shoot Gienn into orbit some time after 7:30 a.m. EST. The weather prospects were still not hopeful, but they were likely to get worse after noon today. So for the ninth time in almost two months the marine astronaut was given another date with the cosmos. The situation was this, in the words of Walter Williams, Mer- cury Project director: “The weather is not really | Sood enough to proceed with | great confidence, but not bad |enough to be the basis for the postponement decision at this time "’ Another weather briefing was scheduled for midnight, just be- fore the final countdown was to resume. GLENN CALM The on-again. off-again situa- tion apparently has failed to un- settle Glenn. He was described | by space officials as still calm. In Washington President Ken- |medy was asked at his press |eonference whether it may not ibe wiser to postpone the orbi- tal attempt until spring when | weather conditions likely would be more reliable. Kennedy said ‘such a delay would “slow our whole space program down at a time when we are making a concentrated effort.” Die In Fire As Truck Slams House | BAIE ST: PAUL. Que (CP)—' Within ~ minutes, three had died. The impact knocked the house six feet from its foundation and the truck’s diesel fuel tank ex- TEACHER HAS TRIBULATIONS MONTREAL ‘CP)—Prime Minister Diefenbaker told a Montreal audience Wednes- day night of the tribulations of an Ottawa teacher who asked each pupil in her class to name the six great- est men in Canada. All wrote out their lists and handed them in. except one lad in a corner by the window. “What's wrong?’ the teacher asked him. ‘‘Hav- en't you made your Jist?"’ “I've pieked five of them,”’ he said. ‘but * can't decide who should be in goal.” Island Native Dies In Digby | ence to remove the CBC DIGBY. N.S. (CP) Mrs. Hazel Beatrice Eaton, wife of town clerk E. Scott Eaton, died | at her home here Wednesday. She was 75. Mrs. Eaton, the former. Hazel Andrew. was a native of St. Eleanors, P.F.! Reds Renew Air Demands BERLIN ‘AP)—The Russians tried to reserve space in Ber- lin’s air corridors to West Ger-| many again Wednesday and buzzed or approached three Western Allied planes when the request was refused. One of the planes buzzed in the corridors carried Sir Chris-: topher Steele. British ambassa- dor to West Germany, on a visit to Berlin, officials said. West Replies To Russia | | | | } «+ “disturbed” Nowlan Rejects Demands For Govt Control Of CBC | Program ‘Quest’ Creates Storm OTTAWA, (CP) Revenue Minister Nowlan Wednesday overrode some voices of d'scon- tent from Conservative hack benches and gave a flat ‘‘no” to a party supporter’s request for government interference in CEC programming. Detecting what he called ‘‘cat- ealls’’ after his Commons state- ment. Mr. Nowlan added in even stronger terms that gov- ernment interference with the publicly-owned CBC would lay the foundations for a Fescist or Communist state in Canada Cries of ‘‘shame’'—identified by one Libera) MP at the time as coming from the gov- ;ernment side of the House—fol- |lowed Mr. Nowlan’s ‘‘no” to a | request that he use his influ- tele- vision program Quest and try to control ‘‘apparently degener- ate minds'’ that appeared to have taken over CBC program- ming Edwin W. Brunsden (PC— Medicine Hat) made the re quest after saying he has re- ceived letters describing the program as ‘‘depraved, ‘dis gusting,”’ ‘‘absolutely immoral” and ‘garbage’ as well as ‘‘a rank violation of the sanctity of jthe Canadian home and fam- ily.”* Later Mr. Brunsden said he was referring to the CBC net- work television series Quest on Sunday night, and particularly one recent program in that se- ries entitled Crawling Arnold. Quest has a varied: fare of dramas, comedy sketches, in- terviews and topical mono- logues. It runs for a half-hour starting at 11:30 pm. AST each Sunday. NOWLAN DISTURBED Mr Nowlan, who reports to the Commons on broadcasting, said that even he has been oy the number of protests he has received about Programs similar to the one Mr Capt W.E S§ Briggs and thely associates in Ottawa—and not by the government The government declined te make public the documents im volved in sales of wheat and barley to Communist China The mattcr twice was put to a vote and overriden both times by the big Conservative majority Maurice Allard ‘PC — Sher- brooke) was the lone Conserva- tive who supported the Liberals and the CCF-New Democratie Party group on the roll-call. Given approval in principle was government legislation give ing allowances to needy civil- fans who voluntarily held hazar- dous positions during both world wars The bill passed second reading on a vote of 191 to 0. The vote was called by the gov- ernment About 20,000 wartime volunteers would be affected Kirkland Lake Has Big Blaze — KIRKLAND LAKF (CP)—A stubborn. smouldering fire in a downtown business - apartment block which caused damage es- timated at $200,000 and left 78 persons homeless, was put out Wednesday after firemen fought it for 12 hours The first alarm sounded for the fire shortly before 2 a.m. and firemen hattled in near-zere weather until 2 p.m_ before flames were finally snuffed out. The 75 occupants of 45 apart- ments in the block were evact- ated in the middle of the night. No one was injured, Child Is Burned In Stellarton STELLARTON. NS (CP Pau! Douglas Young, 3. died in hospital Wednesday a short Conservatives twice a The explosions boomed on a four-mile-long hill near ploded with a roar. Soon. ah 1 ous Brunsden mentioned time after he was burned in his Coty eee et, (through the Moslem suburb of here early Wednesday. stove oil tanks in.the house also On Summit | But he said the action should home here. The child was be raith (L-—Ottawa sod Cal |Lamur as dawn broke, levelling ‘ But instead of slowing, the ew up. i be taken by the senior officers Weved to have been igniting have documents on @ newly - built small houses and* truck slewed crasil 4 shot Chagnon, shaken but not seri- ann of the corporation—president J. trash when his clothes caught grain sales made public. | setting fi " cragty an ously hurt, rushed into the © WASHINGTON (CP) -- Pres- 4 1 ; setting fires that blazed uncon . M Iphonse Ouimet, vice-president fire A lone government SUp- trolled through the day off the highway into a wooden house to help the occupants. ident Kennedy and a cent a ~ a a porter, Maurice Allard (PC— : a ' two-storey house where six per- Mr. and Mrs. Jean - Louis ister Macmillan told Soviet Pre- Sherbrooke), supported = Mr. sae, nt een aha | sons id asleep. Sg Tremblay and their son Sylvian, mier Khrushchev Wednesday 8 of M8 ‘e & yen iw ‘A. 5 ing to deal with the damage and). TORONTO ‘CP)—Peter Ado| questioned’ for 17 hours before a poms nine Deon 's they win eee ih . met . : a : ‘ ; } = u uu , §, P The Commas “Waive out” Sen sacking und Meena stebes ny to tert ee * egal cg rive "children! EARLY PAYMENT = Mrs. Charles Gagnon. 50, armament conference makes @ proposal by Laurier Regnier : rs. alter Yetman, whose) early Wednesday. Her husband Mrs. Tremblays’ mother, were some progress. delivered in and stoning cars. Nine rioters died and eight were wounded in one clash with \French security forces. A French army lieutenant was Their messages. Moscow by the. American and British ambasgadors. brought to the verge of certainty the prospect of a summit meeting by the Big Three—and perhaps trapped. Joseph Lizotte, 78, formerly of La Tuque, Que., also died in the fire. He was the only occu- pant of the second floor The truck, owned by Larocque (PC—St. Boniface) for a na- tional referendum on a dis- tinctive Canadian flag. The Senate gave final ap- proval to the government bill ASSISTS CARRIER Weekly collections husband. was killed early Tues- day in a’car bombing, Wednes- day was charged with forgery and, uttering a forged docu- ment, andthe crown attorney | was. killed in front of the home when he tried to start his car to go to his job at a City incen- erator. _ Police said Yetman, a New- your At Wabana Guar@ian carrier are fogs to provide. ~ convenient service lron Mine raising old age pensions $10 (killed and four‘soldiers wounded said “he was being questioned : ; ° e e in 2 . _ —government——_—SF- — FOHN 2S. Nth HEP = “T > TY 1€ * Seve Weert “WW 060. 5 eee a another batts pre—sertous= Wat! death: threats a few days ago.| study schedule. ST eee ee ue Cthia the meat few month : shutdown. snnouncemen ‘royal assént to become law. . . ters."* : > ! cit : He begin collections loaded, with construction mate-" within the next few months. The fear of 14,000 Bell Island. week shutdown announcement | Attacks apatt from the dem- : » .| Dozens of" persons have been) may ictly he Ken- . , Je c : Thursday and continue thr- | Tials. Strictly speaking, the Ken _ ] , partly allayed the fear, with THURSDAY, Feb. 15 trati: laimed the lives of - rowm Atiarney N.D. MéRae questioned. y _ : : 1 ers—a major layoff at the big . The C t 2.30 se a . made the remark before Magis- PaaS ough Friday and Saturday. It was the fourth time in three nedy-Macmillan reply was & wonin, iron ore operations— residents hoping {t would offset 1 at 2.0 | i6 Europeans and a Moslem iene | ia Gra Yetman has been described as | Your iitsheans te | years the house had been struck turndown of Khrushchev’s Feb. was confirmed Wednesday by and make unnecessary the lay- Ment legislation The ‘Senate is the streets of this western’ Krlivel to Feb. 21 on $5,000 bail. ¢,ut,.amly man with n0) ing him the first time he calls by trucks that failed to make 10 proposal that government Premier Smallwood in the mf meat ee ae Senate | Aleert it whit Mek” Yotm - known enemies. . will encourage him to prompt the last turn, but the first time heads themselves attend al the wove ndaiand Legislature Mr Smallwood said he had meets at 3 p.m. Igerian port city, Meanwhile Mrs. Yetman was police t about 15 hours service. anyone was killed. start of the 18-nation general 8 been informed of the Dosco de | with Krii¥el, who came from Your earrier is an indepen-- The bodies were recovered disarmament conference open- Mr. Smallwood announced (i i, a telephone conversa. WORST OF WINTER Estonia seven years ago, before dent merchant. and like all’ from the ruins later — both ing in Geneva March 14 that despite several offers and tion with Dosco president A. Le he was charged with the forgery) merchants, he must be sure of house and truck were total los- In Moscow, diplomatic quar- Concessions by the Wabana Fairley, Jr. It was believed to ‘and uttering offence, At one his collections before he can ses—and taken to the.morgue in ters expected Khrushchev to at- labor force and the Newfound- have taken place Wednesday stage, Kriivel and Mrs. Yetman | 500 Unemployed Called = were brought together in police headquarters. enjoy the full profit af his ta- bors. this town 60 miles east of Que- bec City for a coroner's in- quest. tend the conference opening de- spite the Kennedy - Macmillan turndown. land government, the ion Steel and Coal Corporation had decided on a 700-man |ay- off, leaving only 900 men em- ployed at Wabana iron ore op- shortly before the House opened. The premier said Dosco had been asked to lay off no men, and to work 1,600 employees ag erations. many months as would be " “It's final,” Mr Smallwood Reeded 10 Produce the amount o Clear loronto snow wd a ve vee 7 " Outside the House. Richard would take a cut In pay. and ee ee eee beers eo Ce) CE eee. Le es Greene (PC—Bell Island’ said the union would undertake to By The Canadian Press |jammed with emergency calls. |fell in the Montreal area. To- the 700 men would not return to increase the per-man_ produe- The National Employment A OML operator said conditions day's forecast for almost work after a seven-week shut. tion at the mines—‘a double Service W put more | were so bad in north Toronto an Quebec regions called for more down period, which started headed reduction.” Mr Small- than 500 un men to emergency truck couldn't get as the Lake Ontario storm: about two wecks ago. wood said. In addition, the gove work removing eight inches of through. tinued to move - The fear of layoffs on the ernment would pav Dosco $500.- anow from Toronto streets and Police cancelled motorcycle Sections of the island about 12 miles west of 000 as its contribution toward here began late in 1961 with an announcement by Dosco of a keeping Bell Island intact as @ community In addition the city mobilized centrate on straightening out | zle Wednesday. . 650 men who used 21 trucks, traffic jams. ous. Colder air possible major layoff »ecause of Mr. Smaliuood assumed 77? loaders, 79 plows and 27 salt; American Airlines cancelled today, to the delight of Mani- slipping overseas markets Est- Dosco would post the names of trucks to clear main streets of |one New York flight and Trans- toba’s agriculture M Fy imates suggested by Dosco were miners who would be out of ‘> the winter’s worst snowfall. /Canada Air Lines delayed two. George Hutton. me. 300 men. Wabana Is the island's work quickly to put “the men s The Lake Ontar'e storm at one| Otherwise. air traffic wasinor- “If we. get y-* only industry. ont of their misery.” time had been forecast to bring! mal. Trains were running al- cold weather. A vt ———— — OO snow to the Maritimes but it ap-| most on time.. tician said, ‘ “Big | parently missed the area. How-| Hamilton got between four help.” Every t 4, ever, another storm moving up five inches of Traffic build up moisture a U a a S U the Atlantic coast was expected badly snarled. ‘but exhausted by the dry sum- to bring light snow to the Majri- . . mer of 1961. . ‘a , “If we have too times today. e 4 '¢ WASHINGTON (CP) — Cuba =) Of OAS Meeting He referred any further actiog . | tow walked out of the Organization im the matter to the c ’ ae peeperen cat rei \~ }rest of the of American States Wednesday general committee ton area northern Ontario. ; \rain or wet of took after the OAC*Coun- studs Eigh WHERE-TO-FIND-IT | today. formal notice af the ex- Then Cuba's amba a th ahead = A storm centre clusion of Fidel Castro's regime Carlos M_ Lechuga started te a chantic Snow i eastward across from the 21-nation grouping speak. He was rebuffed by the See. aes te! notices, 14 spreading snew The council had met to im- chairman. who told him he had ipital a ae i on birth | Births, deaths, efe., .... 314 | atinntic states plement the exclusion resolu- not been given the floor But a baby om car ty " Unssified .---..-:. vo, O18 vania with flurries esuiee : : tion adopted last month at a Lechuga continued - Only main streets were clear! Souq nn ..\\.".. jg | imo the eastern Ohio Valley and) Congratulations te ether candidates. who. were | Philip: Peier Dekker. Sher. | \o"“nia "Del Exe. ‘Urogusy, that ihe chairman's action ned Wednesday of snow that fell ee oe as se Lakes ye to Mervyn McNally judged on personality, educa- | brooke, Wayne Dickieson, New Cune’s walkout makes further legal but “we are going to ret the night. Hundreds of iciiiteccce:s © |g iitay mow me were is-) by the, members tion, ability to speak in pub- | Glasgow; Ethan Garrett, East action merely symbolic How- tire.” were stranded and —s . sued for the area from upstate of lie. participation im com- | Baltic; Allan MacFadden, Lot | yer, some more formalities “We don't want o remain. im of persons were late}; Qo eae New England. munity” activities and leader. | 16; Dana MacNeill, Mt. Royal. may be nectssary this organization.” Lech for work. ~ ‘ Kings, City. ca eee Se ee England ex- ship ability. Other candidates C’Leary, RR: Wallace | Formal notice of the Punta said mee ALL JAMMED . aa . : Matheson, North Milton; Nor- | Dei Este declaration was tak- “We came here to protest the All 14 ‘lines ‘to ‘the Ontarie WMD wn ses sheet included: Colborne Clow, Free | man Ramsay, Hamilton: and en by the council president. Al- Mlegality of the act. We're na Motor League im Toronte were Albert Cormier, 9. | Qrville Smith, New Glasgow. bert Zuleta Angel of Colombia. interested im remaining.” }